[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"] How dare he put one of the director's most talked about films in there! That isn't worth being put above a legendary film like Terminator 2, which doesn't entirely rely on its special effects? :o
[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"] How dare he put one of the director's most talked about films in there!JustPlainLucas
That isn't worth being put above a legendary film like Terminator 2, which doesn't entirely rely on its special effects? :o If Avatar was, then Terminator 2 pretty much was a special effects film too. It didn't use amazing amounts of CGI, but CGI wasn't a household tool for industries at the time. It still did use a crapload of other special effects techniques.
You don't have to like Avatar. This thread is about what YOUR favorite James Cameron film. If you didn't like that, then cool. But that doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to be in the poll. A lot of people seem to disagree with you anyways.
[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"][QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"] How dare he put one of the director's most talked about films in there!Nerd_Man
That isn't worth being put above a legendary film like Terminator 2, which doesn't entirely rely on its special effects? :o If Avatar was, then Terminator 2 pretty much was a special effects film too. It didn't use amazing amounts of CGI, but CGI wasn't a household tool for industries at the time. It still did use a crapload of other special effects techniques.
You don't have to like Avatar. This thread is about what YOUR favorite James Cameron film. If you didn't like that, then cool. But that doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to be in the poll. A lot of people seem to disagree with you anyways.
Terminator 2, anyone who says Avatar is buggin'Toriko42
Why is it that some people act like Avatar is a film that can't be liked by others? Jeez, you people act like it's a terrible film and that it can't be liked more than other films for some people. I also just came to learn that some people who haven't even seen the film are actually bashing it as if they did see it. I really don't know what to say to that.
[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"] That isn't worth being put above a legendary film like Terminator 2, which doesn't entirely rely on its special effects? :ochessmaster1989
If Avatar was, then Terminator 2 pretty much was a special effects film too. It didn't use amazing amounts of CGI, but CGI wasn't a household tool for industries at the time. It still did use a crapload of other special effects techniques.
You don't have to like Avatar. This thread is about what YOUR favorite James Cameron film. If you didn't like that, then cool. But that doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to be in the poll. A lot of people seem to disagree with you anyways.
He said himself he hasn't even seen Avatar. :|
Yeah, I learned... But really, this "Special effects power" argument crap is just ridiculous. Especially when you talk about a James Cameron film. Even before CGI, all his films have relied heavily on special effects in some shape or form. In a way, all his films could be considered "Special effects films". I think it's just a flawed argument, and people who complain about probably aren't fond of Cameron to begin with or they have some personal hatred towards CGI as a medium, even if it was done exceptionally well.
[QUOTE="Nerd_Man"] If Avatar was, then Terminator 2 pretty much was a special effects film too. It didn't use amazing amounts of CGI, but CGI wasn't a household tool for industries at the time. It still did use a crapload of other special effects techniques.
You don't have to like Avatar. This thread is about what YOUR favorite James Cameron film. If you didn't like that, then cool. But that doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to be in the poll. A lot of people seem to disagree with you anyways.
Nerd_Man
He said himself he hasn't even seen Avatar. :|
Yeah, I learned... But really, this "Special effects power" argument crap is just ridiculous. Especially when you talk about a James Cameron film. Even before CGI, all his films have relied heavily on special effects in some shape or form. In a way, all his films could be considered "Special effects films". I think it's just a flawed argument, and people who complain about probably aren't fond of Cameron to begin with or they have some personal hatred towards CGI as a medium, even if it was done exceptionally well.
Indeed, I agree. CGI (imo) is a perfectly legitimate form of cinematography... hell, it's even funnier when I see people who praise animated films turn around and bash movies that rely heavily on CGI...
Aliens and then Terminator. Both set benchmarks in the sci-fi/horror/action genres and are timeless. Titanic as an honorable mention simply because I got to see Leonardo freeze to death.
I'm more emotionally invested in the Alien universe (despite James Cameron fleshing out that universe in a direction that I wasn't too crazy about) than I am in the Terminator one, so Aliens . The Abyss was a pretty great film, and the premise about deep sea aliens was a cool idea but the ending kind of sucked. I actually really like Titanic too.
None really his movies tend to bore me even Terminator, I hated Titanic, and semi accepted Aliens cause well......they have acidic blood O_o. He's Like a Micheal bay but with stories in his movies to me.
T1, much better than that rubbish that was T2.Neon-Tiger
Rubb...ish? Care to explain why? I feel like you'll point out discrepancies with the time travel/time line though, and since nobody actually knows what happens with time travel (All theoretical...) I have to ask what made it bad? T1 was more definitely an adult film but T2 passed it up in terms of almost everything else.
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